It’s as hard to explain as a sexual proclivity. Some guys like high-heeled shoes. I like horror.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI think damage to the eye or damage to the teeth is one of the most universally cringing things you can do in a movie and these are very fragile sounds.
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But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The Others, Devil’s Backbone and The Sixth Sense. It is a return to more gothic atmospheric ghost storytelling.
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The underground of the city is like what’s underground in people. Beneath the surface, it’s boiling with monsters.
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I would much rather see somebody bring something new to a genre than produce something that seems safe.
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If you’re doing a big spectacle film, you’ve got to be mindful of large masses. Even then, you’ve got to be responsible only to your storytelling.
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Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge–the abyss.
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Your heart is uncomplicated. It knows what it knows and acts accordingly. Greater wisdom is hard to find.
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You give yourself to the world for people to either praise or destroy.
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The point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you’ve been harboring since you were 7.
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What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.
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Movies that look safe are less interesting.
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I only produce directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.
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What we read and why we do so defines us in a profound way. You are what you read, I suppose. Browsing through someone’s library is like peeking into their DNA.
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Its a bit cloudy in London but people are already drinking out on the streets- God Bless the pubs.
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Ghosts are a metaphor that can be interpreted so many different ways. There’s no ending to what you can do. You can make it a fun ghost story. You can make it a deeply disturbing, psychological ghost story.
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I had gotten to the point where I just didn’t want to perform anymore – I didn’t want to be on the chopping block anymore. I started to want to withdraw and retreat from it.
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